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Game 7: Knicks vs Spurs 11/11 @ 8:30pm ET

The New York Knicks (4-2) vs the San Antonio Spurs (1-4)
Tues. 11/11 at 8:30pm ET on MSG

Welcome to the MSGKnickz33 Pregame show, Im your host the Gold Mac 10 and I would like to welcome you to the show. The Knicks are off to a good start with a 4 and 2 record. Their most impressive win came Sunday when they defeated the undefeated Utah Jazz, but was it really impressive? Deron Williams did not play. As George Bush once said, "You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on."

Offensively the Knicks ran like a well oiled machine. They've played with confidence and every one appears to be on the same page. Zach Randolph (at least statistically) has been the best Knick to date. Hes averaging just shy of 20 points and 11.5 rebounds per game. Jamal Crawford is off to a much better start this year then he was last year. His shot selection has been much better. Crawfords defense is still non existent but his 13.8 shots per game is much improved from last years 17+ shots per game, and hes only averaging a point and a half less then he did last year. Chris Duhon has done a nice job of moving the ball as proven by his 6.7 assists per game.

The San Antonio Spurs will be without 2 of their best players. Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker As they say you cant teach an old dog new tricks, but unfortunately this old dog doesn't do his tricks as good as he once did. If the Knicks lose this game, it will be dissapointing. Tim Duncan is still a top 10 player in the league, but he does not have a strong supporting cast with the other two members of the big three sitting on the bench.

Zach Randolph is off to a great start, at least statistically. He has been a monster on the boards and a force on offense. His 5 turnovers against Utah make me sick...but the difference between Z-bo and Eddy Curry is that Z-bo still had 25 points (9-20) and 14 rebounds. Despite having no athletic ability, Zach is a skilled player in the low post with a variety of moves. He might have a difficult time getting his shots off over the 7'1" Tim Duncan, who is a great defender.

19.8 PPG
11.5 RPG
44.1 FG%
1.7 APG
2.3 TOPG

I gotta also point out that Zach is 4-11 from 3 point range

Tim Duncan

Many consider Duncan to be the greatest power forward of all time. He still has not shown any signs of slowing down. At age 32, hes still one of the best if not the best big man in the league. Hes averaging 26 points and 11.6 rebounds per game. He will be a very tough challenge for the shorter Zach Randolph, but if Z-bo can come close to matching Duncans production then this game should be a wrap for the Knicks. They should win even if Zach has a bad game.

The Official MSG33 Pregame Strategy:

Show up ready to play

Look to score!!! Spurs are just as bad defensively as we are

Attack the Rim!!! Spurs are only blocking just over 2 shots a game

Look to double Timmy D: Z-bo cant guard him

Player Spotlight

Jamal Crawford

Crawford has looked a lot more comfortable in Mike D'antoni's system so far. His shot selection has improved from last year. Hes been more selective and its helped the team a lot. I do not expect him to keep this up, but I hope he does.

This is going to be a very tough matchup for Zach. Tim Duncan is probably the best defender on the low block of all time, so Zach's definitely gonna have to work for his points. Plus, we don't really have anyone who can defend him, so we're gonna have to double/triple team him. I still think this will be a relatively easy win for the Knicks, the Spurs just don't have enough firepower without Parker and Ginobli.

Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili are the two most important players.. they could get away with those two and not have duncan.. they could get away with one of those guards.. they could not get away without either of those guards.. I expect a good game, Duncan will score 30 to 40. I expect Crawford to take advantage and have another "good" crawful game

Real mature. I don't dislike the Knicks. But some of their fans are real babies.

lol I was wonderin if you or anyone would catch on to that. Nothin personal...but besides you everyone is knicks fans on this site. I only did that for laughs, im suprised you found that. From time to time i will put hidden messages in my posts to see if anyone catches on.

good dhit MSG...i see the tread didnt delete this time lmao...anyways we gotta come out mentally ready more than anything....all they got is Duncan we should let him get his theres no stopping that but dont let others get established then this should be a win...mental toughness is the key..we cant think cause were playing the spurs who won 4 titles in 10 years and that we havent won in San Antonio in a few seasons, that were gonna lose and they're better than us. the 2 things to watch are mental toughness and Defense, offense wont do us as much as defense, if we could stop the other players from getting established this will be easy pickings, just let duncan do him he wont beat 9 guys by himself stop the others....If we cant do that were screwed

lol I was wonderin if you or anyone would catch on to that. Nothin personal...but besides you everyone is knicks fans on this site. I only did that for laughs, im suprised you found that. From time to time i will put hidden messages in my posts to see if anyone catches on.

lol I was wonderin if you or anyone would catch on to that. Nothin personal...but besides you everyone is knicks fans on this site. I only did that for laughs, im suprised you found that. From time to time i will put hidden messages in my posts to see if anyone catches on.